# COMAR Title 18 — Department of Assessments and Taxation

## Subtitle 04 — Business Organizations

### Chapter 08 — Expedited Filing Service

**Authority:** Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2; Tax-Property Article, §2-201; Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2183)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective March 14, 1994 (21:5 Md. R. 405)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective September 6, 1999 (26:18 Md. R. 1377)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1051)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1051)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .05 repealed and Regulation .06 amended and recodified to be Regulation .05 effective November 19, 2018 (45:23 Md. R. 1071)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .06 adopted effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1051)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .07 adopted effective December 12, 2022 (49:25 Md. R. 1051)

#### Regulation .01 Definitions.

*COMAR 18.04.08.01*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined. “Expedited service” means the fastest available service for the processing of documents or for providing copies or certificates.

#### Regulation .02 Types of Expedited Service.

*COMAR 18.04.08.02*

The Business Service Unit shall make the following services available on an expedited basis to the extent that budgetary, personnel, or equipment considerations allow:

A. Review and acceptance for record or rejection of corporation documents, limited partnership documents, and limited liability company documents, including both domestic and foreign entities;

B. Certified copies and certificates of status (short form only) requested in conjunction with §A of this regulation;

C. Short form certificates of status for entities already on file and copies of documents already on file, including corporate abstracts;

D. Review and acceptance for record or rejection of Uniform Commercial Code documents, trade name registrations, trade name amendments, trade name cancellations, and name reservation documents.

#### Regulation .03 Methods of Expedited Service.

*COMAR 18.04.08.03*

Requests for expedited service are received and processed using the following methods in the Department's discretion:

A. In hard copy delivered or dropped off at the Department’s headquarters office;

B. In hard copy by mail; or

C. In electronic format by Internet or electronic mail transmission.

#### Regulation .04 Scope of Expedited Service.

*COMAR 18.04.08.04*

Requests for expedited service are processed as promptly as practicable based upon:

A. The volume of the request;

B. When the request is received; and

C. The manner in which the request is transmitted.

#### Regulation .05 Other Matters.

*COMAR 18.04.08.05*

A. A request for more than one copy of a certificate of status for an entity is treated as one request and only one expedited fee is charged.

B. A request for processing foreign or domestic corporation documents, limited partnership certificates, or limited liability company documents may include up to five certificates of status for the entity or five copies of the document being filed, or both, provided an expedited fee for each type of request is paid.

C. Fees for expedited service may not be charged on rejected documents.

D. If the Department is unable to accommodate a request for expedited service, the expedited fee is refunded.

#### Regulation .06 Fee Tiers.

*COMAR 18.04.08.06*

A. Documents filed in hard copy with a request to be processed under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $425.

B. Documents filed online with a request to be processed under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $325.

C. Documents filed in hard copy or online with an expedited request not under Corporations and Associations Article, §1-203.2(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be accompanied by an expediting fee of $50 unless otherwise provided by law.

#### Regulation .07 Filing Acknowledgement.

*COMAR 18.04.08.07*

After a document filed on an expedited basis has been accepted, as promptly as practicable based upon the time and manner by which the filing is transmitted to the Department, the Department shall:

A. Return to the filer evidence acknowledging the successful filing, any requested good standing certificates, and any requested certified copies of filed documents; and

B. Post record of the filing to the Department's business registry.